Thailand

In metropolitan cities like Bangkok, Jakarta, and ​​Kuala Lumpur, the perennial traffic jams are returning post-pandemic. Long commuting hours and time spent stuck in traffic are affecting productivity and quality of life. What do workers prefer these days and how can technology play a part in helping businesses bring back the balance?

Southeast Asian logistics firm Deliveree announced Monday the closing of its $70 million Series C funding round led by Gobi Partners and SPIL Ventures with participation from existing investor Inspire Ventures. This brings its total funds raised to $109 million over the past five years.

Robinhood, the Bangkok-based food delivery and all-in-one travel service platform under SCBX Group, Purple Ventures Co., Ltd., announced Monday a multi-year strategic alliance with Google Cloud and MFEC Public Company Limited (MFEC) to advance its mission of building a homegrown “super app” that delivers inclusive growth opportunities to small business…

Salary Hero, a Thai-based financial wellbeing platform, announced Wednesday it has raised $2.8 million in funding. Participation in the round included Global Founders Capital, M Venture Partners (MVP), 500 TukTuks, 1982 Ventures, Titan Capital, and multiple high-profile Thai corporates and angel investors. The company will use the capital injection to…

ZTRUS hopes to scale in Thailand within two years and shall explore some clients in Southeast Asia.

The Airasia Super App, which was officially launched in Thailand earlier in February announced Tuesday the start of operations for its e-hailing service, Airasia Ride in Bangkok. Thailand becomes the second country for Airasia Ride’s ASEAN expansion, and will offer taxi rides as part of its first phase of entry into the market.

The investment, made by Zipmex Labs, a unit under Zipmex Group, is part of a series of investments aimed at promoting and supporting blockchain projects and entrepreneurs looking to transform the crypto ecosystem through innovative business ideas, Zipmex said.

Athena Mentor (Athena), a Thai blockchain startup, on Wednesday introduced its core mentor-to-earn service with the key feature "wisdom mining", whereby a user can receive Athena Mentor tokens by contributing as a mentor or participating as a mentee.

Carzuno, a Singapore-based all-inclusive subscription platform for cars, announced Thursday that it has launched its operations across Thailand. The company has hired Wisate Kirin (ex-Carro, Toyota, Michelin) and Cathrin Samijtwong (ex-Servcorp, HappyFresh) to spearhead the car subscription operations in Thailand and enhance Carzuno's service ofering by…